Karnataka HC disposes of anticipatory bail petition by BSY

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Karnataka High Court todaydisposed of a criminal petition seeking anticipatory bailfiled by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connectionwith a private complaint against him and others, allegingillegal denotification of government land near Devanahalli andDobbaspet. Justice H N Nagamohan Das disposed of the petition afterLokayukta police probing the case submitted there was no needto arrest him as the chargesheet had already been filed. On Oct 24 2011, the Lokayukta court had ordered a probe byLokyukta police into the complaint against Industries MinisterMurugesh Nirani and others, including Yeddyurappa, the thenChief Minister, alleging illegal denotification of governmentland for pecuniary gain. Admitting the complaint filed under the Prevention ofCorruption Act by city-based entrepreneur Alam Pasha,LokayuktaCourt judge Justice N K Sudhindra Rao directed Superintendentof Police, Lokayukta (Bangalore Urban) to investigate thecharges levelled in the complaint and report it. The complaint charged Nirani and eight others,includinghis family members, with "misusing his position as Industriesminister" and floating a number of non-existent companies andillegally denotifying Karnataka Industrial Area DevelopmentBoard land in Devanahalli and Dobbaspet to them for "pecuniarygain", causing over Rs 130 crore loss to the state exchequer. A chargesheet was filed in this connection in May thisyear.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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